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Resize APFS and create BOOTCAMP
diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB disk0
1: EFI ⁨EFI⁩ 314.6 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_APFS ⁨Container disk2⁩ 188.0 GB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data ⁨BOOTCAMP⁩ 62.7 GB disk0s3
/dev/disk1 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk1
1: EFI ⁨EFI⁩ 209.7 MB disk1s1
2: Apple_APFS ⁨Container disk3⁩ 499.9 GB disk1s2
Formatting a Disk to Mac OS Extended Journaled (JHFS+) from Terminal in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
Formatting a Disk to Mac OS Extended (HFS+) from Terminal in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk HFS+ DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
Formatting a Disk to MS-DOS fat32 from the Command Line in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 DiskNameGoesHere /dev/DiskNodeIDHere
Formatting a Disk to ExFAT from the Command Line in Mac OS X
diskutil eraseDisk ExFAT DiskName /dev/DiskNodeID
To split the container disk1s2 in half:
sudo diskutil apfs resizeContainer disk1s2 250g ExFAT BOOTCAMP 250g
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